Fastener and guide for asphalt shingles



FLENER AND GUIDE FORASPHALT SHINGLTS Filed July 29, 1924 uw f i?? @N3/u d W/TNESSES 5 2m 6 A TTURNEYS Piensa Api. 21, 192e.

UNITED". STATES misma m' GUIDE ron i hermann:I surnoms.

PATsuro :komt J. 3mm-nim), or Inman, NEW Yovnx. l

appunti@ 'sued my 29, 1924." serial No. 725,947.

To all whom t com-erm.'

Be it known that I, Jouir J.-Bnnorrnr.n,

` a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the'city of New York, Jamaica, borough of Queens, in the county of Queens and State of NewYork, have invented a new and .Improved` Fastenen. and Guide for Asphalt Shingles? of which the following is A a full, clear, and exact description.

' vide a fastening device which acts at the same time on a plurality of overlapped .shingles for holding the samein place.

Another object, more specifically, is to provide a guide and fastening device for asphalt shingles wherein the devicemay be vapplied to onev shingle and caused to act on the next superimposed 'shingle for align- 'ing the two shingles and vthoserarranged adjacent thereto.- .lign the accompanying' drawingbined fastener an `guide embodying the inl\f'ention. v

' Figure 21is a plan -viewof the fastener. and guide shown in Figure 1, thesaine' being. on an enlarged scale.

Figure 3 is an edge view of the structure shown in Figure2.

Figure 4 is a detail vfragmentary sectional I view through Figure 1, approximately on cated in Figure 1, a number o line i- 4.

Figure 5 is a detail fragmentaryA sectional view through Figure 1, approximately on line Referring to -the accompanying drawin by numerals, 1f 4 indicates a fastener., an guide and 2 an asphalt shingle. As indishingles have been applied to 'a roof, said shingles being ofl identlcal construction.A and supplied with identically formed fastener `members and guides 1. Each of these fasteningmembers andA ides is formed as shown 1n Figures 2 a n"3.

Referring to` these figures, itA will be noted that flat end sect-ions 3 and 4 are provided foreach 'fastenerand a centrally raised section 5A which is provlded with a rel is a plan view. of part of a roof 'supp ied with as halt shingles and comspurs extend downwardly as shown in Figi 1,1,5s2,1z7-- FFICE; i

plurality of pressed' out spurs *l ure 3 so as to engageL-the turned over end I 7 of the shingle 2. l The Hat sections Brand 4 are4 provided `with pressed out Vspurs-8v which are adapted to be forced through the shingle 2 and clinchedonjthe opposite side so as to positively connect the fastener with the -shingle as illustrated in Figure 5. As illustrated more particularly in Figure 4,

each of the shingles 2 is provided with a turned over end '7'which is forced under the pressed up portion v5,' after which,` this pressed up portion isA forced down again until the parts are closely associated to-` gether as-shown in Figure .4 wherein the spur' 6 will be projectin into the end 9. In forming t e presse out portion 5, the

vsame is provided with inclined shoulders 10 and -11 which are .at right' anglesto each as supportsl or adjacent shingles.A For instance,'whe' n the shingle 2 is--planed in position, side'shin les 2" are laced as shown in Figure lso t at their e ges will engage other whereb they will act as guides as well` Y the shoulders 10 and 11. The shingle '2 will then be placed in position but before this .is done'suitable nails 12 are forced through the corners of the shingles 2 'and also through part 'of the shingle 2'; By reason of this constructiomthe various shingles are held in place at their lower ends b the bent over portion 9 interlocking wit l while the u per part -of each vshingle is fastened by at east two nails andboth nails and the fastener are covered by the super-f irnosed shingle.

eretofore, when placing asphalt shingles o; f

on a roof,.it was necessary to provide vertical lines on the roof roperly s aced apart so as the fastener to align the shing es correct According to' the present invention, the s oulders 1 0 vand.

11 will cause a proper alignmentof vthe reconsequently, afterthe s ectiveshin les an rst'row of s in lles at the lower edge ofthe roof have been will automatica ly assume the correct aligning position. This featureI will rmit not on y a satisfactory fasteningof t e shingles 'but permit the workmen to placelnore shingles lin position in a given time than if extra care was necessary to keep the shingles prop'- vi guldin lines for the shingles.v

-YVhatIcaimis:

1. Anv'artificial'shingle, comprising an asaced in position, the others ery aligned and extra 'time necessary to pro- .1 m e `body phalt shingle body and a fastener and guide positioned on said body near one corner thereof, said fastener and guide eomprisinoa strip of metal having acentral ressed out Vportion for vreceiving 4the end o a superimposed shingle body, and spurs at each end adapted to extend through and be lclinched on the opposite face of the first mentioned shin le body.

2. A combine shingle fastener and guide comprising a rectangular shingle body, an a strip of metal permanentl secured to said near one corner, sai strip of metal having spurs pressed from the end portions extending through the body and clinched, Said Strip of metal also having a central pressed up portion provided with shoulders parallel to the nearest edges of said body, and with downwardly extending spurs for engagement with the end of a superimposed shingle adapted to be applied to the fastener.

v3. A combined shingle and fastener, comprising a rectangular shingle body and a strip of metal permanently secured to said body near one corner said strip of metal havin spurs pressed from the end portions exten `ng through the shingle body and clinched,y said strip of metal also having a central pressed up portion provided with shoulders parallel to the nearest edges of said body for guiding and retaining the'cori ner of the superimposed shingle.

v JOHN J. BRAnFi eLn. 

